Police return to Peirce Island to search for UNH student's body

PORTSMOUTH — Police were back at Peirce Island Monday morning, searching the water for any signs of missing University of New Hampshire student Lizzi Marriott's body.

Joey Cresta

PORTSMOUTH — Police were back at Peirce Island Monday morning, searching the water for any signs of missing University of New Hampshire student Lizzi Marriott's body.

Authorities have said they believe Marriott, 19, is dead, although her body has not been recovered. There was a large-scale search on the land and in the water around Peirce Island Friday night. The search was suspended on Sunday due to the conditions on the water. The Piscataqua River is known for its powerful currents.

On Monday morning, Portsmouth police detectives Lt. Mike Maloney and Aaron Goodwin were spotted at an overlook looking out at the water. They said they were unable to comment on the case.

The N.H. attorney general's office is leading the investigation into the death of Marriott, who was a commuter student to UNH living in Chester with her aunt. She disappeared Tuesday night after a class, when she told a friend she planned to visit someone in Dover.

Seth Mazzaglia, 29, of Dover, has been charged with second degree murder in connection with her death. Authorities have not commented on how he allegedly killed her or how they knew each other. Marriott worked at the Greenland Target, and a store employee there told the Portsmouth Herald on Sunday that Mazzaglia's girlfriend also used to work at the store.Mazzaglia is due to be arraigned in the Circuit Court of Dover this morning at 10:45.

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